Cornuck wrote:So is Brodeur retiring? Or is Cory going to get another mentor?

Well, it has been pointed out that CS is UFA in two years and if he produces as expected his cap hit could go up to 6+. As for Marty, I have to think if he comes back it will be for a one year deal only but I can't see NJD having the cap room now to re-sign him and a few others they need to.

I don't know anything about our pick but I am relieved that it is over. We still have Luongo on a great cap hit and will get another number of years out of him.

The shock from other teams is that they would have given up their first round pick, ya right. Any of the top 5 would have gone for this. I doubt it. And no way we let Calgary or Edmonton get him for just that pick. I would have liked a little more but it is what it is.

I guess we just have to go back to plan A which was to keep Luongo and trade CS when is value was high. Funny how things turn out.

As for Luongo, I am hearing he is surprised, was not expecting to see CS traded. He also did not expect a buy out as MG had already told his agent it was a no go. He will be fine once he gets over his emotional upheaval. With a new coach and no one kicking his tires to take his job I think he will have a lot to prove.

Let the Lou chants reign for another 9 years!! ANd when he hoists that cup the tears will be extra special.

You know it was a good trade when the majority of fans from other sites say how upset they are that the Canucks got a 9th and out from under cap hell

wafflecombine wrote:This draft is very deep so prices are steep. I would like to know what the other offers were. Horvat looks good. Should be interesting. I wonder if Edler is in play?

MG on Edler says he is no longer in cap hell so the urgency to trade Edler is gone. I take that to mean that both Edler and CS were not necessarily in play but one of them was in order to clear cap space. Now that CS is gone and MG has breathing room he doesn't have the pressure to trade Edler, But other GM's know that to get him they have to trade for him today so this puts the pressure on them if they really ant to get him out of Vancouver now.

Ya Dreger was spoon fed shit and really has egg on his face. I think Edmonton was the smoke screen and I agree that the demand by the Canucks was very high for Edmonton. If Edmonton had bitten MG would have pulled the trigger. Also sounds like the deal was worked out yesterday.

Also Glad that teams that thought they could steal Luongo or grad him on waivers look silly. They will rue the day they let Lou slip past them.

Hockey Widow wrote:Let the Lou chants reign for another 9 years!! ANd when he hoists that cup the tears will be extra special.

Yep. If that strombone tweet was legit: "I'll stay and back up for free if they let me sit in at every Torts press conference", it sounds like Lou will get over it quickly enough. That isn't a joke made by somebody who has mentally checked out and wants to GTFO of town.